Bethlehem
Records was founded in New York by Gus Wildi in 1954. The label is mainly
remembered for its jazz releases during the 1950s.Bethlehem
was distributed Syd Nathan's King Records.
Nathan purchased the label in 1960 and moved the company's office to Cincinnati.When
King Records was sold to Starday Records
in October 1968, Bethlehem went with it.